Git 2.11 Released With Performance Optimizations

Written by Michael Larabel in Free Software on 29 November 2016 at 05:28 PM EST. Add A Comment
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Git 2.11 has been released as the newest version of this most widely used open-source version control system by free software projects.

Git 2.11.0 ships with a new version of git-gui, a new credential helper making use of libsecret has been added, a variety of performance optimizations are added, and there is also a lot of bug-fixes. Git 2.11 also has changes around abbreviated SHA-1 hashes.

More details on the Git 2.11 changes via the official release announcement while a more user-friendly write-up can also be found on GitHub.
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